USPTO Patents Application 10567929

DOCKET NO.: 285450US8X PCT\

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IN RE APPLICATION OF: GROUP: 2811

Michael DUERR, et al.

SERIAL NO: 10/567,929 ATTENTION:

FILING RECEIPT CORRECTIONS

FILED: November 9, 2006

FOR: CARBON NANOTUBES BASED SOLAR CELLS

REQUEST FOR CORRECTED OFFICIAL FILING RECEIPT

Office of Initial Patent Examination

Commissioner for Patents

P.O. Box 1450

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Sir:

The Patent Office is requested to provide a corrected Official Filing Receipt for the
following.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ASSIGNMENT FOR PUBLISHED PATENT
APPLICATION DATA IS INCORRECT. IT SHOULD READ AS FOLLOWS:

SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, KOELN, GERMANY

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OBLON, SPWAK, McCLELLAND,
MAIER & NEUSTADT, P.C.

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C. IRVIN MCCLELLAND

OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, P.C.
1940 DUKE STREET
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314

CONFIRMATION NO. 5376
FILING RECEIPT

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Date Mailed: 11/28/2006

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Applicant(s)

Michael Duerr, Esslingen, GERMANY;
Gabriele Nelles, Stuttgart, GERMANY;
Akio Yasuda, Esslingen, GERMANY;

Assignment For Published Patent Application

Sony Deutschland GmbH, Kooto GERMANY

Power of Attorney: The patent practitioners associated with Customer Number 22850 .

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Domestic Priority data as claimed by applicant

This application is a 371 of PCT/EP04/08105 07/20/2004

Foreign Applications

EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE (EPO) 03018466.7 08/14/2003

If Required, Foreign Filing License Granted: 11/24/2006

The country code and number of your priority application, to be used for filing abroad under the Paris
Convention, is US1 0/567,929

Projected Publication Date: 03/08/2007

Non-Publication Request: No

Early Publication Request: No
Title

Carbon nanotubes based solar cells

Preliminary Class

257

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